I find that it is useless to worry about things I can't control and I can't control how many people come out tonight. All I can do is focus on writing the best songs I can write and performing the best I can perform.

I believe that people want to hear good songs and they want to be moved.

I don't worry so much about whether people are buying my music or getting it for free.

I get asked if I mind when someone burns my music. I'm just flattered that people want to.

Athens, much like Austin, is a difficult music scene. There are so many musicians there that it is hard to get gigs and hard for people to take you seriously.

There are a lot of people who talk about a formula for being able to start a fan base. But for me, it's been about songs and just being hard on myself as a writer, feeling like there is a purpose to it all.

When I think about my career and how it all started, it really started with me getting to a point where I understood how to write songs that resonated with people.